Medusa

The first species of the Skyphos Genus to be discovered by space travelers due to their abundance in the sectors outside of the Pardus Cluster, the Medusa was aptly named, not only for the snake-like flagella that extend from their bodies, but for the preserved state in which they leave their host victim after they have completed their union. Bonding most often with creatures that are able to exist within the vacuum of space, Human, Rashkir, Ska'ari, and Keldon have nonetheless fallen prey to these parasites as well, their perfectly preserved corpses like stone statues floating throughout the universe, the truest testament to the Medusa's infamy amidst the cosmos.